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Ananda Kentish Muthu Coomaraswamy was a Ceylonese metaphysician, pioneering historian and a celebrated philosopher of Indian art who was an early interpreter of Indian culture to the West. In particular, he is described as "the groundbreaking theorist who was largely responsible for introducing ancient Indian art to the West"... Read More

Born	22 August 1877 Colombo, British Ceylon
Died	9 September 1947 (aged 70) Needham, Massachusetts, U.S.
Nationality	British Ceylonese American
Era	20th-century philosophy

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In the Bath

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In the Bath, early 1900s. Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (Sri Lankan, 1877–1947). Ink on paper; overall: 22.5 x 27.8 cm (8 7/8 x 10 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Artist 1926.37
Topic: Drawings

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Reclining Nude Woman

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Reclining Nude Woman, early 1900s. Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (Sri Lankan, 1877–1947). Ink on paper; overall: 21.4 x 30.5 cm (8 7/16 x 12 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Artist 1926.35
Topic: Drawings

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Reclining Nude Woman

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Reclining Nude Woman, early 1900s. Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (Sri Lankan, 1877–1947). Ink on paper; overall: 30.5 x 21.5 cm (12 x 8 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Artist 1926.39
Topic: Drawings

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Reclining Nude Woman

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Reclining Nude Woman, early 1900s. Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (Sri Lankan, 1877–1947). Ink on paper; overall: 27.8 x 38.7 cm (10 15/16 x 15 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Artist 1926.34
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Nude Woman

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Nude Woman, early 1900s. Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (Sri Lankan, 1877–1947). Ink on paper; overall: 27.8 x 38.7 cm (10 15/16 x 15 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Artist 1926.32
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Reclining Nude Woman, early 1900s. Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (Sri Lankan, 1877–1947). Ink on paper; overall: 20 x 31.1 cm (7 7/8 x 12 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Artist 1926.38
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Reclining Nude Woman, early 1900s. Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (Sri Lankan, 1877–1947). Ink on paper; overall: 18.5 x 27 cm (7 5/16 x 10 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Artist 1926.36
Topic: Drawings

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Semi-nude Woman, Seated

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Semi-nude Woman, Seated, early 1900s. Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (Sri Lankan, 1877–1947). Ink on paper; overall: 37.1 x 27.6 cm (14 5/8 x 10 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Artist 1926.33
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Mineralogical notes

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Reprinted from: Spolia Zeylanica, Vol. II, Part VI, August 1904. Partial contents: The new mineral.--Corundum, sillimanite, &c.--Phlogopite.--Kyanite.--Chert and opal.--Steatite.--Stilbite.--Serendibite.--Moonstone.--Kaolin.--Sphene.--Mispickel.
Topic: Mineralogy--Sri Lanka

University of Toronto - Robarts Library

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The Indian craftsman

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Topics: Artisans -- India, Industries -- India, India -- Social conditions

California Digital Library

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The dance of Siva; fourteen Indian essays

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What has India contributed to human welfare?--Hindu view of art: historical.--Hindu view of art: theory of beauty.--That beauty is a state.--Buddhist primitives.--The dance of Siva.--Indian images with many arms.--Indian music.--Status of Indian women.--Sahaja.--Intellectual fraternity.--Cosmopolitan view of Nietzsche.--Young India.--Individuality, autonomy and function
Topics: Art -- India, India -- Civilization

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Christian and Oriental philosophy of art

Feb 6, 2012 02/12

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First published in 1943 under title: Why exhibit works of art?
Topic: Art

Cornell University Library

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Viśvakarmā ; examples of Indian architecture, sculpture, painting, handicraft

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Topic: Sculpture

University of Toronto - Robarts Library

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The dance of Siva; fourteen Indian essays

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Topics: Art -- India, India -- Civilization

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History of Indian and Indonesian art

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295, cxxviii p. 24 cm
Topics: Art -- Asia, Southeastern, Art, Indic, Art, Indonesian

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

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The arts & crafts of India & Ceylon

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"Chief publications on the subject of this volume": p. 255-[256]
Topics: Decorative arts, Art

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The dance of Shiva : fourteen Indian essays

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [172]-182)
Topics: Art, Indic, Art, Cultuur

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Hinduism and Buddhism

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Reprint of the 1943 ed
Topics: Hinduism, Buddhism

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The living thoughts of Gotama, the Buddha

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x, 224 p. : 19 cm
Topics: Gautama Buddha -- Teachings, Buddhism -- Sacred books

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The arts & crafts of India & Ceylon

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xiii, 259 p. 21 cm
Topics: Decorative arts, Art, Sri Lankan, Arts, Art

Cornell University Library

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The arts & crafts of India & Ceylon

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The village community and modern progress

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Bibliographical footnotes
Topic: Village communities -- Sri Lanka

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Rajput painting; being an account of the Hindu paintings of Rajasthan and the Panjab Himalayas from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century, described in their relation to contemporary thought

May 15, 2015 05/15

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v. 1. Text. v. 2. Plates
Topic: Painting, Indic

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The transformation of nature in art

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The theory of art in Asia.--Meister Eckhart's view of art.--Reactions to art in India.--Aesthetic of the Sukranitsara.--Paroksa.--Ábhása.--Origin and use of images in India.--Notes.--Sanskrit glossary.--List of Chinese characters.--Bibliography (p. [235]-245)
Topics: Aesthetics, Art, Art, Asian, Art, Indic, Nature (Aesthetics)

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The transformation of nature in art

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"An unabridged and unaltered republication of the second edition [published in 1934 by Harvard University Press]"--Title page verso
Topics: Theory of music & musicology, General, Architecture, Aesthetics, Art, Art, Asian, Art, Indic,...

Getty Research Institute

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Rajput painting; being an account of the Hindu paintings of Rajasthan and the Panjab Himalayas from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century, described in their relation to contemporary thought

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v. 1. Text. v. 2. Plates
Topic: Painting, Indic

Wellesley College Library

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Buddha and the gospel of Buddhism

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Bibliography of works consulted by the author": p. 347-349
Topic: Buddhism

Princeton Theological Seminary

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Buddha and the gospel of Buddhism

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Topic: Buddha and Buddhism

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Time and eternity

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140 pages ; 21 cm
Topics: Time, Eternity, God, Philosophy and religion, Ewigkeit, Religion, Zeit

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Buddha and the gospel of Buddhism

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Printed in Great Britain
Topic: Buddha and Buddhism

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The dance of Śiva : fourteen Indian essays

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3 p. l., vi, 139, [1] p. : 25 cm
Topics: Art, Indic, India -- Civilization

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Buddha and the gospel of Buddhism

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xviii, 370 pages, 23 unnumbered pages of plates : 23 cm
Topics: Gautama Buddha, Buddhism

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The arts & crafts of India & Ceylon

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xiii, 259 pages 21 cm
Topics: Sri Lanka, Art, Sri Lankan, Decorative arts -- India, Decorative arts -- Sri Lanka, Arts -- Sri...

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The dance of Shiva : fourteen Indian essays

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Originally published by Sunwise Turn Press
Topics: Art, Indic, Civilization

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The dance of Śiva; fourteen Indian essays

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Reprinted, in part, from various periodicals
Topic: Art

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Hinduism and Buddhism

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86 p. ; 20 cm
Topics: Hinduism, Buddhism

Brigham Young University

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The arts & crafts of India & Ceylon

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"Chief publications on the subject of this volume": p. 255-[256]
Topics: Art, Indic, Art, Sri Lankan, Decorative arts, Art

Princeton Theological Seminary

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The dance of Síva. : Fourteen Indian essays

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vi, 139 pages : 25 cm
Topics: Art -- India, India -- Civilization

Princeton Theological Seminary

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The dance of Síva. : Fourteen Indian essays

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vi, 139 pages : 25 cm
Topics: Art -- India, India -- Civilization

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Rajput painting : being an account of the Hindu paintings of Rajasthan and the Panjab Himalayas from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century described in their relation to contemporary thought with texts and translations

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83 p., 77 leaves of plates : 35 cm
Topic: Rajput painting

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The transformation of nature in art

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4 preliminary leaves, [3]-245 pages 22 cm
Topics: Aesthetics -- History, Art -- Philosophy, Art, Asian, Art, Indic, Nature (Aesthetics), Aesthetics

New York Public Library

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Myths of the Hindus & Buddhists

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by Nivedita, Sister, 1867-1911; Coomaraswamy, Ananda Kentish, 1877-1947

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xii, 399 p. : 24 cm
Topics: Mythology, Hindu, Buddha (The concept), Buddhism

Princeton Theological Seminary

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Myths of the Hindus & Buddhists

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xii, 399 p. 24 cm
Topics: Mythology, Hindu, Buddha and Buddhism

Majority World Collection

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Myths of the Hindus & Buddhists

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by Nivedita, Sister, 1867-1911; Coomaraswamy, Ananda Kentish, 1877-1947

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xii, 399 p. 24 cm
Topics: Mythology, Hindu, Buddha and Buddhism

California Digital Library

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Myths of the Hindus & Buddhists

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by Nivedita, Sister, 1867-1911; Coomaraswamy, Ananda Kentish, 1877-1947

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xii, 399, [1] p. 24 cm
Topics: Mythology, Hindu, Buddhist mythology

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Am I my brother's keeper?

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110 pages 20 cm
Topics: Civilization, Western, Civilization, Oriental

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History of Indian and Indonesian art

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295 pages, cxxviii pages of plates : 28 cm
Topics: Art, Indonesian, Art, Indic, Art, Art -- Southeast Asia, Southeast Asia

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